2008–2009 Sri Lankan Army Northern Offensive
- Massacres
- Black July
- 1985 Valvettiturai
- Kumudini
- Akkaraipattu
- Prawn farm
- Eastern University
- 1990 Batticaloa
- 1991 Kokkadichcholai
- Jaffna lagoon
- Navaly
- Nagerkovil-Allaipiddy
- Vankalai
- Muttur
- Kent and Dollar Farm
- Anuradhapura
- Aranthalawa
- Kattankudi mosque
- Palliyagodella
- Kallarawa
- October 1995
- Gonagala
- Kebithigollewa
- Jaffna Hospital
- 1989 Valvettiturai
The 2008–2009 SLA Northern offensive was an armed conflict in the northern Province of Sri Lanka between the military of Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The battle broke with the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive attempting to break through the LTTE defence lines in the north of the island, aiming to conclude the country's 25-year-old civil war by military victory.
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